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F. A. SOWLE.

SEINE.

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FEBDIAND A. SOVLE, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SEINE SPECFICATIN forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,987, clarified October 25, 1887.

Application filed June E, ISS?. Serial No. 240,106.

To OJZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, FERDINAND A. SOWLE, of Fall River, in the State of Massachusetts, have made eert-ain new and useful Improvements in Seines; and I do hereby declare that the following specifleation, taken in connection with the drawings making a part of the same, is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Figure i is an elevation of a section of the seine. Fig. 2 shows the reeug device detached.

The object of my invention is to produce a seine which shall be capable of more effective use than those now employed, and it consists in the manner ot' reeling aud releasing the lower portion thereof and the arrangement and operation of the tackle fort-hat purpose, as hereinafter described.

I am aware that it is not -new to gather up and secure the lower part of a seine and atten ward release such portion after the seine has been set; but the devices and arrangement of tackle for that purpose heretofore in use have necessitated the taking or looping up of the pursing-line,which prevents the rapid closing of the net when required, and also renders necessary a great amount of time and labor to properly prepare and arrange the seine for setting.

In my invention I save a large share of the time and labor heretofore necessary to prepare the seine for setting, and also save time in closing it after it has been set, by avoiding all loops and slack inthe parsing-line. As soon as the seine is set around a school of fish, the- (No model.)

B is the hauling or pursing line,| which is secured to the seine at the bottom by the rings F.

The seine is prepared for paying out by gathering up the lower part and inelosing it with the pursing line B in the straps A, one end of which straps is passed around the gathered portion and secured in a snap or clamp, C. `When the school of fish. has been entirely surrounded, the meu draw in on the line B, which creates a sufficient strain upon the straps to detach the ends from the clamps C and release the reef, which falls into a vertical position, as shown in Fig. l.

The line B at all times remains straight, and is not looped or gathered up for any purpose, so that no time is lost in closing the bottom of the seine in getting in any slack, ibut every pull upon the pursingline closes the seine.

The clamps C are covered with rubber, leather, or other suitable material, which prevents the net from catching in them.

In reeling and preparing the seine for setting, the time employed in other deviees,where the reefs are secured by loops, is entirely saved.

If it is desired to make the seine of different widths, other reefingstraps may be attached above or below the center, as may be desired.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A seine having at its lower edge a pursingline, B, and a series of reelingstraps, A, having suitable clamps for engaging their free ends, said straps extending through the middle part of the seine for gathering up, securing, and releasing the lower part thereof, when desired, without gathering up or looping said pursing -line B, the whole constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as described.

FERDINAND ALSOWLE.

Vitnesses WALTER' B. VINCENT, CoRNELrUs P. WHITE. 

